Wells Gray Country (Area A) director Tim Pennell (l) listens as District of Clearwater chief administrative officer Leslie Groulx describes renovations underway to convert the former Dutch Lake Elementary School into a community center to MLA Terry Lake.
Lake, along with M.P. Cathy McLeod, took a tour of the facility following the parade on Saturday. The space they are standing in was formerly a hallway and willl become part of the District's administrative offices.
Walls have been removed from former classrooms in front and behind them.
Yellowhead Community Services will will locate many of its programs in the north wing of the former school, as will Thompson Rivers University.
Grants from senior levels of government are covering a large part of the cost of the project.